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Category: Mainstream Media

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Just a Cigar

Sigmund Freud made a living out of telling people that everything is a phallic symbol.  In other words, Freud used to say that everything looked like a dick.  So, everyone expected him to make a big deal out of cigars looking…well…dick-like.  Add the fact that a cigar is something people

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Dumb Justice

About a month ago, the headlines on the mainstream media read “Supreme Court rejects bid to block COVID vaccine mandate for NY Health Workers”.  Even for the MSM, this was big news.  The headline was everywhere.  And it was misleading. One of the ways a case can make it to

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Jussied

A couple months ago, I was working on a project at my job.  The goal was to identify potential system problems and send a message when something hinky was detected.  I decided that when an issue was detected, I’d send a message that began with the words “System Notification” followed

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Not Better Left Unsaid

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Did you know that this week is National Free Speech Week?  It is.  And, since my freedom of speech allows me to talk about whatever I want, I’m going to talk about censorship. I was emailing yesterday with one

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Fake Checking

You can also listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Over the course of my life, I’ve worked for a number of startup companies.  The thing about startups is that they’re almost always looking for money.  After an especially brutal investor pitch, we were told that the reason we

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Less Crazy by Comparison

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Years ago, before Jimmy Fallon and before Jay Leno, a guy named Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show.  If you’re old enough, you might remember him.  Johnny’s faithful sidekick was Ed McMahon.  They had a shtick where Johnny would

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Sustaining Ignorance

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Now that the booster shots are on the table, I seem to be having the same conversation I had before with the same people.  Back when they were first deciding whether or not to get vacksinated, I asked them

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Friday Shorts #1

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! Today, instead of one longer article, I’m going to touch on three topics that weren’t big enough for me to cover individually. The New York Times, Joe Rogan and Ivermectin As you may know, Joe Rogan announced this week

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POTUS the Clown

Now you can listen to this article on The PonkaBlog Podcast! We need to stop blaming Joe Biden for…well…everything.  Because it’s not his fault.  Nothing is.  Blaming Joe Biden for the mess the country is in is sort of like blaming an elderly person when they have a car accident.

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Uncaringly Ignorant

Over the past few months, I’ve had many conversations that go something like this: Other Person: “I’m going to get vacksinated” Me: “Aren’t you worried about the side effects?” Other Person: “What side effects?” Then we talk a bit and I tell them about the eleven-plus thousand Americans (and counting)

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